HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H2996
יַבְנֶה
yav.neh — Jabneh
Jabneh = "building of God" a Philistine city Another name of yav.ne.el (יַבְנְאֵל "Jabneel" H2995G)
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Jabneh
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H2995
יַבְנְאֵל
yav.ne.el — Jabneel
Jabneel = "God causes to build" a town in Judah on the northern boundary near the sea Also named: yav.neh (יַבְנֶה "Jabneh" H2996)
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Building, (2 Chr. 26:6), identical with Jabneel (Josh. 15:11).
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.